Girdle



Nov. 1, 1955 Filed Oct. 25, 1954 2 Sheets- Sheet 1 IO 8 INV NTOR.

ATTORNEY Nov. 1, 1955 CANTELLO 2,722,008

GIRDLE Fild 0012. 25, 1954 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 FIG.3

IN V EN TOR.

ATTORNEY United States Patent GIRDLE Nicholas Cantello, Jackson Heights, N. Y., assignor to- Treo Co., Inc., Jamaica, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application October 25, 1954, Serial No. 464,274

2 Claims. (Cl. 2--36) The object of the present invention is to provide a girdle which is free from boning and at the same time is of such form as to constantly and effectively hold in the abdomen by inward controlled concave pressure. Furthermore, the garment prevents outward puckering of the girdle in the area where such action is most needed and when the wearer is seated.

The primary characteristic of the girdle is that it embodies a fashioned front of two overlying and independent fabric panels which coact in a special manner, inasmuch as one panel is provided with V-shaped darts removing excess material in carefully worked out degrees from side to side and from top to bottom, whereas the second panel reverses the direction of the V-shaped darts so that they cross the darts of the first named panel. These panels have a bias resiliency or pull which is lengthwise of the darts, and thus the dart-fashioned panels, with the help of the bias pull of the fabric, effects, in co-action, a comfortable flattening support of the abdomen which is far superior to the effect of boning.

The invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a view in elevation of a garment embodying the invention, the outermost of the control panels being shown as translucent to expose the darts of the underlying fabric panel, which darts are shown in dotted lines;

Fig. 2 is a view in elevation of the rear of the garment;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged view, partly broken away, showing the construction of the two panels; and

Fig. 4 is an enlarged vertical section on line 4-4, Fig. 3.

The invention is illustrated in conjunction with an embodiment which, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, consist of hip sections 1 and 2 which are preferably made of strong and relatively non-stretchable fabric. At the base of each hip panel is an insert 3 of elastic material, and at the top of each hip panel is an insert preferably of elastic fabric, shown at 4. Extending from the top of the garment and substantially downward into hip section 2 is a separable fastener at 5 to enable ready placement of the garment upon the wearer, although in some cases the fastener may be eliminated. At the front of the garment are two like broad elastic sections 6, and the inner margins of these sections preferably converge, as shown in the drawing.

At the back of the garment and joined to the hip sections 1 and 2 and to the inserts 4 are two broad elastic sections 7, which are connected to a bias major back panel 8. The back panel 8 does not extend upwardly to the top of the garment, but is V-cut and joined to an elastic insert 9, the lower margin of the latter being V-cut and seamed to the said back panel.

The garment at its lower margin may carry garter straps as customary, and shown fragmentarily at 10.

Referring more particularly to Fig. 3, it will be seen that 2,722,008 Patented Nov. 1, 1955 the front elastic sections 6 of the garment are joined by two superimposed fabric panels 11 and 12. In the present embodiment, the outermost panel is formed with inverted V-shaped darts 13, and each dart is increased in area from the margin of the elastic section 6 to the center panel. These darts need not be made by cutting away areas of said panel 11, but preferably are formed by folding the fabric and stitching down the fold, as shown more particularly in Fig. 4. Also, for convenience in manufacture, said panel 11 may consist of two pieces selvedged and seamed together at 15.

The second panel 12 is constructed in the same manner as panel 11, its darts 14, however, being reversed in direction. As shown in Fig. 3, the darts 14 are V-sh'aped and their legs cross the darts 13 of panel 11 so that at the center of the panel assembly they encompass diamondshaped areas of the said panel assembly. As in panel 11, the darts of panel 12 are preferably formed in two sections selvedged and seamed together along the line 16.

The fabric panels 11 and 12 preferably have bias pull or stretch only in the direction of the darts.

When the garment is held with the center seam of the front panel assembly at eye level, it curves in toward the center. In the average size girdle constructed in accordance with the invention, the fabric taken in by each dart may gradually increase from the appropriate elastic section 6 to the center seam of the panel from A2" to more or less according to the degree desired.

It is preferred that the inner panel 12 be composed of heavier fabric than that of the outer panel 11, and that the longitudinal seam uniting its sections be reinforced by an applied tape 16 as indicated in Fig. 3.

It will be understood that various modifications may be made in the embodiment illustrated in the drawings within the spirit of the invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is as follows:

1. A girdle having a front panel assembly consisting of an outer panel and a complementary underlying panel, each panel having a plurality of transversely extending darts, the fabric of each panel taken in by the darts gradually increasing toward the center of the panel, the darts of one panel being V-shaped and the darts of the other panel being of like shape and directed reversely to those of the other and complementary panel, the darts of the one panel crossing the darts of the other panel to form diamond shaped uncrossed areas between the darts of the two panels.

2. A girdle having a front panel assembly consisting of an outer panel and a complementary underlying panel, each panel having a plurality of transversely extending darts, the darts of one panel being V-shaped and the darts of the other panel being of like shape and directed reversely to those of the other and complementary panel, the darts of the one panel crossing the darts of the other panel to form diamond shaped uncrossed areas between the darts of the two panels, the fabric of each panel having bias pull in the directions of the darts, hip sections of relatively inelastic material, elastic bands joining the front panel assembly to the hip sections, and elastic bands joining the back panel construction to said hip sections.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,558,950 Ulman Oct. 27, 1925 2,265,662 Marshall Dec. 9, 1941 2,303,060 Moench Nov. 24, 1942 

